Principled Innovation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Jeff De Cagna’s latest article on business model innovation, “Designing Association Business Models for the Network Age,” is now available for download. The article appears in the August/September 2012 issue of Association Magazine, the official publication of the Canadian Society of Association Executives.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

I find it remarkable that it is February 2013, and I am still reading magazine articles advising associations to create strategic plans every five or six years, and encouraging leaders to review those plans just once a year. This post originally appeared last Wednesday on the ResultsDirect AssociationCentric Blog.

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JULY 23, 2012

Jeff De Cagna, chief strategist and founder of Principled Innovation, will be one of the speakers at ASAE’s 2012 Annual Meeting (ASAE12) in Dallas, Texas next month. Making Innovation Happen Survey that was conducted earlier this summer. Jeff is also available for private conversations with association leaders on request.

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Principled Innovation

JUNE 9, 2012

This post appears as an article in the May/June 2012 issue of Success by Association , the magazine of Association Executives of North Carolina. Finding the next trajectory of association success begins with the challenging yet necessary work of business model innovation. You can download a PDF of the article (512 KB).

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Principled Innovation

JUNE 3, 2013

Membership isn’t a real relationship for the vast majority of association stakeholders, but a one-size-fits-all offer that involves little more than a magazine subscription and a once-a-year credit card transaction. Associations Unorthodox Business Model Innovation Strategies for Progress'

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Join Jeff De Cagna of Principled Innovation on Friday, March 8, 2013 in Denver for a full-day workshop on Building Better Boards , presented by the Colorado Society of Association Executives. Registration for the workshop is now open.

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MARCH 1, 2013

The magazine has given the article the title, “Trapped in The Past,” although I refer to it as “Five Reasons Why Boards Are Killing Association Business Models.” My brand new Associations Now article on boards and business models is now available online.

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